MLB The Toronto Blue Jays are walk-off winners for the second straight night, this time Canadian Russell Martin drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as Toronto rallied for a 4-3 victory over Texas Rangers. (read MORE)
The Detroit Tigers had just five hits in a 4-0 loss to Cleveland.
Elsewhere, David Ortiz hit his 509th home run in Boston's 5-2 win over the White Sox, tying him with Gary Sheffield for 25th all time. Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in two runs as the Marlins held on for a 4-3 victory over Arizona. The Cubs complete the 3 game sweep in Pittsburgh with a 6-2 win. Daniel Murphy was 4-for-5 with a homer as Washington beat Kansas City 13-2. St. Louis came back to beat Philadelphia 5-4. Lucas Duda smacked two of New York's four home runs in an 8-0 Mets win over of Atlanta. The Yankees' six-game skid is over after CC Sabathia scattered six hits over seven innings in a 7-0 win over Baltimore. Steve Pearce hit a three-run homer and Tampa Bay added three solo shots in an 8-5 victory over the LA Dodgers. Houston set a team high for runs in a 16-4 romp over Minnesota, Seattle beat Oakland 8-9 to complete its first sweep of the year, and Mike Trout hit a solo homer and had two RBI's in a 6-3 Angels win over Milwaukee.
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NHL Pittsburgh had lost eight straight overtime games in the playoffs until Patric Honrqvist changed that last night, scoring the overtime winner in the Penguins 3-2 win over the Washington to take a 3-1 series lead. (read MORE)
The Arizona Coyotes are expected to name 26-year-old John Chayka General Manager, which would make the St. Catharines native the youngest GM in NHL history
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NBA The Cleveland Cavaliers did their best Golden State Warriors impression last night, draining an NBA record 25 three pointers in a 123-98 route over Atlanta to take a 2-0 series lead. JR Smith led the way with seven three pointers, LeBron James finished with 27 points.
The Toronto Raptors will look to even their series with Miami tonight after dropping game one in overtime.
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OHL The Ontario Hockey League final gets underway tonight in London when the Knights host the Niagara IceDogs. (read MORE)
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AHL Toronto Marlies lost game one against Albany 2-1 last night, game two will be Friday in Toronto. Sarnia native Dustin Jeffrey had an assists as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton shutout Hershey 4-0 in game one of their 2nd round series.
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Kentucky Derby A Canadian-owned horse has been made the early 3-to-1 favourite for the 142nd Kentucky Derby. The colt, named after Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist, is owned by Windsor's Paul Reddam.
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---LKSSAA Full schedule of soccer, rugby and baseball action on tap Thursday afternoon. (read MORE)
